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Have you ever played basketball? I have been playing basketball for 9-10 years. When I was younger I found out how to be very successful in the game of basketball. I started practicing everyday to help me get better. My goal was to be on varsity my freshman year. In my 7th grade year of basketball I had a really good coach, my coaches name was Mr.Lemin. Mr. Lemin taught me a lot about basketball, he is a very big reason why I'm so good at basketball. I am very competitive when it comes to…

In “Fast Break” Edward Hirsch dedicated his poem to Dennis Turner. Edward Hirsch did this because Mr. Turner was a really good friend or family member who loved the game of basketball. Mr. Edward Hirsch uses vivid language, and hyperboles in “Fast Break’ to show a hard working team re-bounding the ball and hurrying to score, before time runs out. Throughout “Fast Break” the poet uses hyperboles to make his poem very dramatic. For example, (L.11) “looks stunned and nailed to the floor.” This…

Major 3 Basketball has been played by many people in the world. You’ll at least play basketball once in your lifetime. Basketball legends started off the same as everyone and that’s playing basketball for the first time. It must of came natural to them so they made it a passion and living out of basketball. Basketball is kinda a difficult sport to play if you don’t know what you 're doing. Basketball includes passing, shooting, stealing, blocking, and rebounding the ball. It all isn 't easy and…

Basketball is rapidly becoming the most popular sport in the United States with the National Basketball Association expects to bring in five billion in revenue this season. Basketball for many is seen as a game but for other it’s seen as a hope in which they can free themselves from endless cycle of poverty. That is exactly what is depicted in the documentary Hoops Dreams by Steve James who follows two young boys name Arthur Agee and William Gates. These two young boys live in the inner city of…

I’m meeting Kyrie Irving! He’s meeting me at Oracle Arena at the end of the NBA finals, game seven. Plus, he said i get to sit with the team. He is the best basketball player in the NBA right now. It is the fourth quarter, and it's tied with one minute left to go. They inbound it and give the ball to kyrie. Kyrie splashed a three in stephen Curry’s face. I went crazy. Then curry took it up and missed a three point shot. Then lebron took it up and just held it until the buzzer. They are NBA…

with its Blair Madness. In the gym, the vibe was electric. As Jack Saxton reflected, “I really liked the atmosphere. Everyone was really pumped up!" Up first was the three point shooting contest. Contestants included Matt Turner, Daniel Keinan, Michael Wiper, Jack Rauch, Justes Nikkel, Felicia Aiyeotan, Keer Sun, Andra Espinoza-Hunter, and John Padden. With 45 seconds allowed per person, everyone had a great showing but those advancing to the finals were…

Eastern Conference Central Division fourth ranking team Detroit Pistons defeated the conference leader Cleveland Cavaliers with a 96-88 victory at the Quicken Loans Arena Monday night. Pistons guards Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led the Auburn Hills-based three-time NBA champion club to withstood the late comeback run of the Cavs to end a five-game losing skid. Jackson dropped 23 points, with 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals while Caldwell-Pope added 19 points. 4 rebounds and 2…

Basketball has always been my best sport. I started playing in the ninth grade, and everything was going great with practices and playing, except for one game Then everything changed. It all started on game day, in the big gymnasium. Freshman games usually do not have a lot of people compared to varsity, but they were still very nerve wrecking. “Hustle in boys!” our coach shouted. “Deandre, I want you guarding 11,” he demanded. Quickly, the team ran back to the court, and went into position. The…

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players of all time and this is how he started his career. Kobe was born in Philadelphia, PA where he started as a kid loving basketball this passion drove Kobe he went to Europe for his dad playing from the start, their he started being around so much basketball when he was in high school he was so good he didn't go play in college because this is where the Kobe name started.He got drafted with the 13th pick to the LA Lakers their he had one of the best…

Fast breaks are five seconds of heart pounding and jaw dropping anxiety. While not everyone likes the sport, it is well known that basketball takes and extreme amount of love and dedication. Edward Hirsh shows this in the poem ?Fast Break? by using literature devices such as vivid words and similes. Hirsh uses similes to express the hard work and love put into the game of basketball. ?Gathering the orange leather from the air like a cherished possession,? (ll. 5-6) shows that the players have…